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Number Ninety-Four.

THE

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FARMER'S ALMANACK,

CALCULATED ON A NEW AND IMPROVED PLAN. FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD

1886;

Being 2d after BISSEXTILE or LEAP-YEAR, and (until July 4) 110th of American Independence.

FITTED FOR BOSTON, BUT WILL ANSWER FOR ALL THE NEW ENGLAND STATES.

Containing, besides the large number of Astronomical Calculations and the Farmer's Calendar for every month in the year, a variety of

NEW, USEFUL, AND ENTERTAINING MATTER. ESTABLISHED IN 1793,

BY ROBERT B. THOMAS.

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PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM WARE & CO. Sold by the Booksellers and Traders throughout New England.

[Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1885, by WILLIAM WARE, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.]

TO PATRONS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

Again we give you greeting, with hearty thanks for the favor you have shown the "Old Farmer's Almanack."

We offer it to old patrons and new, with the confident belief that it will receive a cordial welcome and prove a useful companion during the year 1886.

The Almanack is computed in standard time, sixteen minutes behind Boston local time. As this change has been generally adopted, it seemed necessary to introduce it into the Almanack. See note below.

Acknowledgments are gratefully made to our friends and correspondents for suggestions. We close in the

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NOTE ON STANDARD TIME.

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In the present edition, as in that of 1885, the quantities have been given in standard time as now in use. This "Eastern Time" is the time of the 75 meridian west from Greenwich. The calculations are for the longitude and latitude of Boston, and for general purposes are sufficiently correct for most parts of New England. If, however, greater accuracy is desired, this can be obtained for places using standard time by applying a correction to the almanack times from the table below. This table contains corrections for the principal cities of the New England states; and any other place in New England can use the correction of the place in the table which is nearest in longitude to itself. For places still using the old local time, sixteen minutes should invariably be added to the

almanack times.

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ECLIPSES FOR THE YEAR 1886.

THERE will be two Eclipses this year, both of the SUN.

I. AN ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, March 5, invisible in New England, visible as a partial eclipse in the greater part of the United States; visible in the Pacific Ocean.

II. A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, Aug. 29, visible as a partial eclipse in the southern part of New England and the Atlantic States; visible in the northern part of South America, Africa, and the Atlantic Ocean. The total eclipse begins on the Isthmus of Panama, crosses the northern part of South America, crosses the Atlantic Ocean in a south-easterly direction, strikes the coast of Africa near Benguela, and ends in the southern part of Madagascar. Boston, Mass. . . . 6h. 16in. A.M. 6h. 38m. A.M. New Haven, Ct... 6h. 10m. A.M. 6h. 45m. A.M. Burlington and Bangor are North of the limit which is about 10 North of Boston.

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CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES FOR 1886.

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Epact.. 25 | Solar Cycle 19

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MOVABLE FEASTS AND FASTS FOR 1886.

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Venus will be Evening Star till Feb. 18, Morning Star till Dec. 2, then Evening Star, the rest of the year. Mars will be Morning Star till March 6, then Evening Star the rest of the year. Jupiter will be Morning Star till March 21, Evening Star till Oct. 9, then Morning Star the rest of the year. Saturn will be Evening Star till July 3, then Morning Star the rest of the year.

MERCURY.-The most favorable times for seeing Mercury in 1886 will be about Jan. 8, May 7, Sept. 2, in the East, before sunrise; and March 21, July 19, and Nov. 13, in the West, after sunset.

NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANETS.
The Earth. H Uranus.
h Saturn.

DO The Moon.

The Sun.

Mercury.

Venus.

♂ Mars.
Jupiter.

Neptune.
Vesta.

Juno.

Pallas.

Ceres.

Opposition, or 180 degrees.

NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE ASPECTS.

6 Conjunction, or in the same degree.

Dragon's Head, or Ascending Node.
Dragon's Tail, or Descending Node.

NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE SIGNS OF

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THE ZODIAC.

Sagittarius, thighs.

Capricornus, knees.

Aquarius, legs.
Pisces, feet.

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